User Manual TRAX Attitude & Heading Reference System (AHRS)
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 6 3.2 Mechanical Drawings Figure 3-2: TRAX PCA Mechanical Drawing Figure 3-3:
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 7 Figure 3-5: TRAX Enclosed Mechanical Drawing Figure 3-6: ODU-to-USB Cable Dr
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 8 4 Set-Up This section describes how to configure the TRAX in your host system. T
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 9 4.2 Installation Location The TRAX’s wide dynamic range and sophisticated algorit
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 10 method used for aircraft orientation, where the outputs are heading, pitch and ro
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 11 Figure 4-2: TRAX Enclosed Mounting Orientations
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 12 5 User Calibration The magnetic sensor in the TRAX is calibrated at PNI’s
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 13 5.1 Magnetic Calibration Two fundamental types of magnetic distortion exis
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 14 Other Considerations Unlike a compass, such as PNI’s TCM module, the TRAX is an A
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 15 properly configured with respect to the mounting orientation, Endianness, nor
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page i Table of Contents 1 COPYRIGHT & WARRANTY INFORMATION ...
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 16 Table 5-2: 12 Point Full-Range Calibration Pattern Sample # Yaw1 Pitch Roll Firs
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 17 Table 5-3: 12 Point 2D Calibration Pattern Sample # Yaw Pitch1 Roll1 1 0° 0° 0°
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 18 Note that a similar and acceptable alternative pattern would be to fo
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 19 vector, which in turn will result in an inaccurate heading reading. For this rea
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 20 Note: While the TRAX is shown removed from the host system, the Acceleromet
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 21 6 Operation with TRAX Studio The TRAX Studio program puts an easy-to-use, graphi
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 22 Settings”, and under the header are the various TRAX Studio tabs, which are discu
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 23 Save Clicking the <Save> button will save any changes made in TRA
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 24 6.4.1 General Settings Baud Rate The baud rate can be altered by selecting the
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 25 Declination The declination represents the heading difference between magnetic
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page ii 7 OPERATION WITH PNI BINARY PROTOCOL ...
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 26 Acquisition Mode the TRAX controls the data rate while in Polled Mode the TRAX St
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 27 6.5.1 Calibration Settings Calibration Type The “Calibration Type” pull down
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 28 However, the TRAX can store eight (8) sets of magnetic calibration coefficients a
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 29 If “Automatic Sampling” is checked the TRAX needs to be held steady for a short
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 30 in a particular section can result in a poor score. Distribution is not calculat
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 31 Start/Stop Testing Clicking the <Start> button results in the Head
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 32 Show 3D Model Selecting the <Show> button launches the 3D Model window, as
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 33 to place it in Compass Mode. Specifically, it is necessary to calibrate the TRAX
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 34 To acquire data and export it, follow the procedure below: Select the parameter
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 35 the effect of the calibration coefficients. The Graph Tab normally would be used
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page iii List of Figures Figure 3-1: Typical Current Drawing During Application of Exte
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 36 7 Operation with PNI Binary Protocol The SeaTRAX utilizes a binary communication
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 37 7.2 Parameter Formats 7.2.1 Endianness TRAX can treat 32-bit and 16-bit paramet
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 38 7.2.3 Signed Integer For signed integers, the most significant bit (msb) represe
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 39 7.2.4 Unsigned Integer Unsigned 32-Bit Integer (UInt32) UInt32-based parameters
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 40 7.3 Commands Overview Table 7-2 provides a summary of the basic commands availab
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 41 31 0x1F kTakeUserCalSample Commands the TRAX to take a sample during user calibra
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 42 only be set one at time. To save these in non-volatile memory, the kSave command
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 43 kBaudRate 14 UInt8 4 – 2400 5 – 3600 6 – 4800 7 – 7200 8 – 9600 9 – 14400 10 – 19
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 44 Table 7-4: Sample Points Calibration Mode Number of Samples Allowable Range Mini
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 45 kAccelCoeffSet (Config. ID 19d) This command provides the flexibility to st
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 1 1 Copyright & Warranty Information © Copyright PNI Sensor Corporation 2011.
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 46 kGetMagTruthMethod (frame ID 120d, 0X78) This frame queries the setting of the
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 47 kSetResetRef (frame ID 110d) This frame re-aligns the TRAX 9-axis heading to the
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 48 Note that the inverse of the SampleDelay is somewhat greater than the
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 49 kQuaternion 77 0x4D 4x Float32 quaternion kTemperature 7 0x07 Float32 ˚ Celsius k
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 50 kAccelX, kAccelY & kAccelZ (Component IDs 21d, 22d, 23d) These values repre
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 51 7.6 Calibration Commands 7.6.1 User Calibration Commands First, note that in o
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 52 Limited-Tilt Calibration Recommended calibration method when >5° of tilt calib
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 53 7.6.2 Performing a User calibration The steps below provide an example of the st
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 54 methods. Note that it is possible to get acceptable scores for DistributionErro
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 55 kFactoryAccelCoeffDone (frame ID 37 d) This frame is the response to kFactoryAcce
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 2 2 Introduction Thank you for purchasing PNI Sensor Corporation’s TRAX attitude &a
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 56 7.7.2 FIR Filters When operating in Compass Mode, the TRAX incorporates
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 57 10 01.1484431942626e-1 03.8014333463472e-2 11 09.5354386848804e-2 04.54026825
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 58 kGetFIRFiltersResp (frame ID 14d) This is the response to kGetFIRFilters an
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 3 3 Specifications 3.1 Characteristics & Requirements Table 3-1: Performance
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 4 Table 3-2: Absolute Maximum Ratings Parameter Minimum Maximum Units Supply Voltag
PNI Sensor Corporation DOC#1016505 r06 TRAX User Manual Page 5 Table 3-4: I/O Characteristics Parameter Value Communication Interface RS232 UART
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